Remembrance Series
Remembrance Series
Remembrance Series
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CANADIAN NURSING SISTERS, MAY 1917.<br />
A total of 3,141 Nursing Sisters served in the Royal Canadian<br />
Army Medical Corps and 2,504 of those served overseas in<br />
England, France and the Eastern Mediterranean at Gallipoli,<br />
Alexandria and Salonika. By the end of the First World War,<br />
approximately 45 Nursing Sisters had given their lives, dying<br />
from enemy attacks including the bombing of a hospital and<br />
the sinking of a hospital ship, or from disease. The beautiful<br />
Nursing Sisters’ memorial in the Hall of Honour in the<br />
Parliament Buildings in Ottawa is a loving tribute to their<br />
service, sacrifice and heroism.<br />
The Second World War<br />
After Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939, Canada<br />
again found itself thrust into a world conflict and again the<br />
Nursing Sisters answered the call of duty. This time, however,<br />
the nursing service was expanded to all three branches of the<br />
military: navy, army and air force. Each branch had its own<br />
distinctive uniform and working dress, while all wore the<br />
Nursing Sisters’ white veil. They were respectfully addressed as<br />
10 Nursing Sisters of Canada
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